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In the 30s of the last century, Guangxi gave birth to an institution of higher learning comparable to Tsinghua University and Peking UniversityGuangxi University
Source: official website of Guangxi University).
Today's Guangxi, Guilin's landscapes are the best in the world, but the once glorious Western University has long been unknown.
It was once comparable to Qingbei and had the strongest teacher group
In modern education, there has always been a legend of "North Cai and South Ma", "North Cai" refers to Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University, and "South Ma" is Ma Junwu, the "grandmaster of the first generation".
Ma Junwu, born in Guangxi, is the first Chinese doctor of engineering to study in GermanyProficient in English, French, German and Japanese Chinese and natural sciences such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, metallurgy, biology, etcHe was the first Chinese to introduce the bibliography of Marx's works and the first to translate and publish Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
In 1928, he established the Provincial Guangxi University in Wuzhou, GuangxiThis was the beginning of higher education in Guangxi. As soon as he took office, he put forward the founding purpose of "rejuvenating China and developing Guangxi", and invited 13 professors from Shanghai and other places to teach.
In 1936, the school was relocated to Guilin after being closed and reopened. Those years in Guilin,It can be called the most glorious period in the history of Western University
In Guilin, Western University expanded from the original three colleges of science, engineering, and agriculture to five colleges of science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, and grammar, and accepted a large number of young people from other provinces who were exiled to Guilin due to the Anti-Japanese War. The number of students and faculty expanded, and the original "provincial" school name could not meet the development of Western University, so after merging Guangxi Provincial Normal College, Guangxi Provincial Medical College, and Guangxi Military Medical School, it was officially renamed National Guangxi University in 1939, and Ma Junwu was reappointed as the president.
But unfortunately, in 1940, President Ma Junwu died of illness in office. At that time, the leaders of the Communist Party of China and others sent banners through the Eighth Route Army Office in Guilin, and Chiang Kai-shek, academic celebrities Weng Wenhao, Zhu Kezhen, Sa Bendong, and Shanghai Daxia University (now East China Normal University) also sent messages of condolence.
President Ma Junwu has passed away, but his founding purpose of "rejuvenating China and developing Guangxi" will not be forgotten. In the decade that followed, the school continued to expand. This expansion is not only reflected in the number of faculties and faculty, but also in the "quality".
During the Anti-Japanese War, a number of well-known scholars such as Li Siguang, a famous geographer and professor, Chen Yinke, a master of Chinese studies, Chen Wangdao, who first translated the Communist Manifesto, Wang Li, the founder of modern Chinese linguistics, and Lu Hefu, a famous nuclear physicist, all taught here.
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It is precisely because of a large number of famous masters sitting in the formation that Western University can be described as "the peak of debut".The faculties of civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and economics were among the best in China, and it became one of the most influential comprehensive universities in China at that time
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the school expanded again, and by 1948 the number of students had reached 2,000. In the following two years, the undergraduate parts of National Nanning Normal University and Guangxi Provincial Xijiang University were merged into Guangxi University. At the beginning of 1952, the chairman also inscribed the name of Guangxi University
Suspended for 6 years,
It has achieved 985 famous schools such as CUHK, Huagong and Wuhan University
However, Guangxi University, which was in a stage of rapid growth, was pressed the "pause button" in 1953.
In 1953, the national colleges and universities were adjusted, and the Ministry of Higher Education of the People's Republic of ChinaIn the end, it was decided to abolish Guangxi UniversityThe original faculties, teachers and students, equipment, and library materials of Guangxi University have been adjusted to 19 universities in Central and South China.
Source: official website of Guangxi University).
CUHK, Wuhan University, China Institute of Technology, China Normal University, Central South University, Hunan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and other well-known universities have all accepted some of the majors of Western University
It was not until 1958 that Guangxi University was approved to resume and rebuild in Nanning. In the following 39 years, Guangxi Institute of Technology, Guangxi Institute of Science and Technology, and Guangxi Agricultural University were successively merged into Guangxi UniversityIn 1998, Western University was approved as a doctoral degree authorization unit, and the first batch of three doctoral degree programs were obtainedIn 1999, it was selected as a national "211 Project" university.
But Guangxi University, after all, is "greatly injured".
Nowadays, in the eyes of many people, Western University is "the last stream 211";But in fact, Western University is constantly working hard to get rid of the "last stream" in places that we can't see.
The only one in Guangxi!
Civil engineering was included in the list of "world-class disciplines".
In 2017,Department of Civil Engineering, Guangxi UniversityIt has become the only discipline in Guangxi that has been selected into the list of "world-class disciplines".
The Department of Civil Engineering is under the umbrella of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, which dates back to its founding in 1928 as the Foundation Year in Civil EngineeringIt was the first engineering department established by Guangxi University that yearIn 1997, it was established as the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Among them, the discipline of structural engineering is a national key construction discipline of the national "211 Project", and in 2002, it was selected as one of the seven national key disciplines in the countryIt has 16 national, provincial and ministerial discipline support platforms
In recent years, the college has undertaken many major national projects, such as the world's largest span arch bridge, the Pingnan Third Bridge, the key project of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the Zangmu Bridge, and other projects.
Promote the combination of production, education and research, and the transformation of achievements
For the first time in history, nature!
In terms of scientific research, Guangxi University attaches great importance to scientific and technological innovation and serving the society, vigorously promotes interdisciplinary harmony, and promotes the combination of industry, university and research and the transformation of achievements.
In 2022, the school will rely on the strength of advantageous disciplines such as civil engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, mining engineering, etc., and cooperate with China Energy Construction Group Guangxi Electric Power Design and Research Institute*** and Hualan Design (Group)**11 units signed a strategic cooperation agreement and set up a "special fund for industry-university-research cooperation", with a total amount of 85 million yuan, a record high
On December 22 of the same year, Xie Fei's research group from the School of Physical Science and Engineering Technology of Western University published a study entitled "Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula X-rays are polarized to near the Synchrotron Limit" in the journal Nature.
Associate Professor Xie Fei is the sole first author and corresponding authorThis has achieved a historic breakthrough in the publication of an article in Nature with the local unit in Guangxi as the first completion unit
It was discovered for the first time in the world, and the result was very beautiful and without controversy. Chang Jin, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, spoke highly of Xie Fei's research results.
In addition to publishing top journals, the people of the West University have also produced many original achievements with significant impact.
The projects of "Key Technologies and Applications of Typical Wastewater Resource Utilization and Ultra-low Discharge of Papermaking and Fermentation" and "Key Technologies and Applications of Large-scale Chlorine Dioxide Preparation System and Element-free Chlorine Bleaching of Pulp" presided over by Academician Wang Shuangfei won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2016 and the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award in 2019, respectively
The "Key Technology Research Team of Large-span Arch Bridge" led by Academician Zheng Jielian won the medal of the 2nd National Innovation Striving Team, presided over the second prize of the 2018 National Science and Technology Progress Award, won the 16th China Civil Engineering Zhan Tianyou Award, won the highest award of the 36th International Bridge Conference (IBC) - George Richardson Award, won the first prize of the 2020 Guangxi Technology Invention Award, and won the 2021 Guangxi Highest Science and Technology Award
In April 2023, Professor Huang Fuchuan's team developed 1 invention patent right and 4 software copyrights of "Biofuel Shaft Kiln for Firing Calcium Oxide and Method for Firing Calcium Oxide", which was successfully transformed and applied in Guangxi Supply and Marketing Circular Economy Industry Group, with a transfer fee of 5.8 million yuan, achieving a new breakthrough in the amount of transformation of single scientific and technological achievements of Guangxi University.
Guangxi University, after 94 years of spring and autumn, has gone through glory and loneliness, and may not have fully "recovered" at present. But you must know that if it is an eagle, it will fight in the sky, if it is a horse, it will gallop on the field, and if it is a dragon, it will soar into the sky.
We believeGuangxi University will definitely "take off" again